As part of its efforts to develop sound and efficient infrastructure for banking systems in the Arab World, the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund, AMF, has recently discussed reports on central banking issues, payment settlement systems and methodologies...

A new study on the determinants of foreign direct investment, FDI, in Arab countries has been developed by the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund, AMF, using a standard economic model.
The study indicates that the bigger and...

The global $2 trillion (Dh7.35 trillion) Islamic finance industry will continue to expand this year, but lose some momentum in 2018. In the GCC, however, the slowdown at Islamic banks will persist in 2017 after asset growth declined...

Savings account balances in the UAE amounted to AED158.5 billion during the first third of 2017, a growth of 3 percent, i.e. AED4.75 billion, over the same period in 2016, according to UAE Central Bank statistics.
Saving...

The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector arm of IDB Group, and OJSI “Ipak Yuli Bank” (www.IpakYuliBank.com) have entered into a joint strategic collaboration to finance SMEs in Uzbekistan.
The...